Prognostic value of clinical parameters and polymorphisms of apo-B, apo-E, LPL, , PPARA, PPARG2 genes was studied in 154 patients with acute unstable angina. Duration of follow-up was 2 years. Diabetes (OR 3.29, 1.28-8.50, p=0.014), history of stroke (OR 6.11, 1.21-31.00, p=0.029), changes of terminal part of ventricular complex on ECG, recorded during acute phase of ischemic heart disease (OR 2.19, 1.01-4.57, p=0.046), and genotype II of polymorphic marker ID of apoB gene (OR 2.20, 1.06-4.57, p=0.027) were independent predictors of unfavorable course of ischemic heart disease. Thus genetic factors play a role not only in formation of coronary atherosclerosis but determine the course of ischemic heart disease.